What fun! Great game, even if the wrong team came out on top. We first took a shot like this last year, and decided to do it again in 2013. Looking forward to a third shot in 2014!
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Loving Loft Life
Looking to my left… I took another shot at a bit of an angle. It’s amazing how such a minor shift in perspective can create such a major change.
Make it Stop Spinning!
Amazing. it never stops! Illusions like this make me question everything I see.
Christmas Crabs
The Hunter Clan wanted to try something new this holiday, so we decided to have a crab feast at the Franciscan. Our expectations were low due to the touristy location, but we were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food and outstanding service.
Paradise Valley
Julie shot this panorama with her iPhone. She was, “Driving north from Yellowstone WY toward Livingston MT – looking east.” Beautiful!!
Proof that Christmas Shopping Doesn’t Have to Suck
Shopping is less stressful when done while tasting spirits at Hangar One.
Lost in Translation
Vonage voicemail to email transcription works really well. Most of the time. “Sean Sullivan calling from Kelly Hunter. I’ve been involved in the community for last pictures look really young people of cheeks, it’s Johnson. Please call David school and I’m running for Oakland city Council. Issues may well know we sent you some cereal….
Putting it All Together
It’s not only the knowledge of the HUNDREDS of eyeballs that will see this image on the cover of the extra-geeky Electrophoresis Journal cover that makes it satisfying. It’s also the fact that I get to use all of my graphics skills in one place to produce something this wild and whacky while at work….
Crazy Beautiful Wine Country
Our dear friends Ann and Lynne provided the excuse for a trip to the Napa Valley. As it happens, the trip could not have been timed more perfectly. We arrived just in time to witness Mother Nature at her scenic best. Thanks to Lynne, we visited some of the most beautiful wineries we have ever…
More Fun with Materials
Experimenting with Cinema4D materials for an upcoming visualization of some of the amazing things that happen at the molecular level on a Proton chip.
SONY DSC-RX100 Closeup
This little camera is proving to be quite handy. It turns out that it’s a lot easier to shoot extreme close-ups with it than with my much larger DSLR’s. I just set the camera to shoot a few frames per second and move in close. The smaller camera is less terrifying to the little critters,…
Aliens Ate My Desktop
The cool thing about this shot is that my headphone cable really did find this shape on its own. I glanced down and there was this alien staring up at me. All I did was add the Stim-U-Dent mouth.
A Clean Desk is a Happy Desk
File under Desktop Portraiture.
Eat Real Oakland
Another of the many fabulous food events in Oakland. All images were shot with the fantastic SONY DSC-RX100, and converted from RAW with the powerful RAW Photo Processor using a Kodachrome 64 color profile for extra fun.
Endeavor Fly-Over
The view from outside our office this morning. Bittersweet.
It’s a Gas
I spotted this outside of our office yesterday, and thought it’d make a “cool” shot.
World High Temp Overturned!
Check out the developing news story at Weather Underground. Congratulations, Chris! This is an AMAZIMG achievement.
A Day at the Races
My friendly neighbor Lynne gave me two free tickets to the Sonoma Indy Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway today. It turns out my best pal Julie is a huge race fan, so she and I took the top down on the Smart Car, and did the short cruise to wine country. We had a great…
First D800 Panorama
This 14 image panorama of the cavernous Craneway Pavilion was reduced to approximately 1/10 of its original resolution, and it’s still 8,000 pixels wide.
First SONY DSC-RX100 Shot
After reading a couple of glowing reviews like this one, I decided to pick up a SONY DSC-RX100, the images I’m seeing from it are very impressive! It’s amazing that a camera this small deliver images this big! The list of technological achievements in this tiny gem is long. An f1.8, 3.7X zoom lens, 20…
D800 for Product Photography
I shot this on the floor in the hallway on a roll of white paper with my beloved FourSquare handheld overhead and a Nikkor 50mm 1.8 lens which I purchased for $95. (Ken Rockwell describes this incredible bargain as, “…among Nikon’s sharpest lenses ever“.) The LCD display and updated logo were added later with PhotoShop.
Holy Crap – My Mind is Blown
I’m speechless. After looking at a few of these, I guess I’ll just throw my cameras away. Way back in 2008, I shot some photos from a balloon over Bagan, Burma, and was pretty satisfied with the results. Well, I’m humbled to say that I’ve been utterly outdone. This Russian Panorama site is absolutely amazing…
Andrew’s Largest Work – So Far
I brought the new camera to try and capture the sheer size of Andrew’s latest masterpiece. I think it’s amazing. No matter how many times he explains it to me, I’ll never understand how he does this sort of work. I would not have a clue where to start… Click here for a (5 MB)…
Kelly and GoGo
Practicing with the new camera.
First D800 Shots
After a 6 month wait, I finally received my new DSLR. I actually gave up on ever receiving the Nikon D800E, so I settled for the D800. I must say, I’m impressed. The images are absolutely enormous – 7360 x 4912 pixels. I had to reduce the resolution from more than 36 megapixels to 6…
Best Meal in a Glass
This is what Oakland Magazine had to say about the “Baconized” Bloody Mary at Chop Bar. The corned-beef hash was pretty darn good too! Thanks to Grant and Sandy for providing the perfect excuse to over-indulge.
Fourth of July Cruise
We decided to check out the San Francisco fireworks this year. Neither of us has seen them close up for decades, so we braved the fog and bitter cold to sail out on the USS Potomac. The ship parked close to the action for a relatively fog-free show. But the coolest thing about the event…
It’s All Happening at the Zoo
One event we will never miss is the annual Oakland Zoo fund-raiser – “Walk in the Wild”. The adults-only evening at the zoo features fine wine and delicious food prepared by dozens of local eateries. The event also gives us a chance to personally thank some of the largest contributors to our wonderful zoo. We…